Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-03-18
TnE HOUSEHOLD.
A score or More Of Practical Hints.

Lace may hc W0Sueu ny Winning u
around bottles or sewing it on muslin and
boiling it in salt water with white CASTLE
soap 1t should be rinsed in soft water af-
ter removing it from the suds.
II the feet are tender or painful after
long walking or standing, great relief can
he had by bathing them in salt and water.
handful of salt 10 gallon Of water is
the right proportion. Have the water as
hot as can comfortably be borne Immerse
the feet and throw the water over the legs
as far as the knees with the hands When
the water becomes too cool, rub briskly
with fresh towel This method, il used
night and morning, will cure neuralgia Of
the feet
In ventilating room open the windows
at top and bottom The fresh air rushes in
one way while the foul air makes its exit
the other thus you let in "A friend and expel
an enemy.
A damp cloth enveloping the broom head
will be found desirable in removing the
dust from a carpet in room where there
may be small articles to catch the dust made
by an ordinary sweeping.
To clean kid gloves rub them with very
slightly dampened crumbs of bread Or
scrape French chalk upon them while on
the hands and wash them in basin con
tanning diluted spirits Of ammonia' Some
gloves can he cleaned with milk, with rice
pulp or with tuipentine.
Nothing is better for sore throat than a
gargle of salt and water. It may he used
as often az desired and if little is swal-
lowed each time it is used it ill cleanse the
throat and allay the irritation
Salt, in doses of one to four teaspoonfuls
in half a pint to pint of tepid water, is
an emetic always on hand This is also the
antdote to be used after poisoning from nj
trate of silver while waiting for the doctor
to come.
Soda will clean furnished tin. Vinegar
and salt will clean copper. Butter is the
| best polish TO put into starch Baking soda
| put on a burn will take out the heat. A
heated knife will cut hot bread without
making it soggy Oil of cedar is sure death
to vermin which infest chambers Toilet
sets and all chamber articles should be
cleaned in cold water. White lead will ce-
nent broken crockery, ten cent bottle
lasting for years. a small paint brush
should be used in cracks and crevices while
busting IA room.
To wash silk hankerchefs, soak them
first in cold salt and water for ten minutes
or longer, then wash out in the same water
and iron Immediately. Carpets may be
greatly frightened by first sweeping thor
oughly and then going over them with q
clean cloth and clear salt and water. Us,
II cupful of coarse salt to "a large basin Of
water. Salt in the whitewash will make il
stick better. Wash the mica of stove doori
with salt and vinegar. Brass work can b,
kept beautifully bright 10y occasionally rub
bling with salt and vinegar To clean viii
low furniture use salt and water. Apply i
with "A nail brush scrub well and dry thor
uughly.
Disease often turks in dirty dishcloth,
greasy sink, an unclean teakettle and
poorly-ventilated oven. Flannels should b
washed in hot soapsuds, and rinsed in no
water containing soap enough to soften it
little. A carpet sweeper is invaluable IN
dining room where small children eat bu
should never be used for general sweeping
A simple way of loosening a rusted sore,
is to apply heat to the head of it. Whe
the burners of lamps become clogged wit
char, boil them in strong soap suds. b
using soda water as you wash you can clea
ceilings that have been smoked by a ker,
! sene lamp. If you drop SCOT on the cal
pet cover thickly with salt and it may
+ swept up without blackening the carpet
few oyster shells mixed with coal used fc
n furnace or large stove will prevent III
/ accumulation of clinkers. To clean bra,
bird cages use tablespoonful of salt and
teacupful of vinegar beat and apply wit
, Il piece of flannel and rub till dry.
To prevent the juice of pies soaking int
y the under crust, beat the white of an egg al
= brush the crust with it. If the oven is t,
hot when baking, place u small dish of co
a water in it. Well-vemtilated bedrooms
n prevent morning headaches and lassitud
e Powdered rice, sprinkled upon lint and a
Piled to fresh wounds, will stop bleedin
Z in tissue paper and laid among furs or 9th
It garments will prevent the ravages of moth
e Bent whalebones can be restored and us,
N again by simply soaking in water fe
II hours, then drying them. To resto
crushed velvet hold it over the spout of L
=. tcakettle and let it steam well. then con
N up the nap. Brooms dipped for few mi
utes in boiling suds once a week will Ia
Is much longer than they otherwise woul
10 Kid shoes may be kept soft and free fro
p cracks by rubbing them once a week Will
little pure glycerine or castor oil. \ pie
IF of zinc placed on the Goals of a hot sto
lie will clean out the stove pipe. The vap
ie produced carries off the SCOT by chemi,
decomposition.
Preserving jars should he stood on tn,
heads for at least an hour after sealir
W when the liquor will escape if the jar &C
of tains air. Cranberry jelly mixed with c,
nj water makes refreshing drink for I
10 sick
h If you are troubled with moths in yo
to feather beds boil the feathers in water
lg short time then put them in sacks a
y dry them, working them with the han
nc ne all the time. Silk dresses should never
re brushed with whisk broom, but should
u carefully rubbed with a velvet mitten k,
We for that purpose only.
he Silver should be washed with cham
ey skin, saturated with silver soap, each ii
rs after use thus avoiding general cleanil
q Windows should never be washed while
he sun shines ON them, as it is impossible
is polish them without leaving blue strea
en- Good Housekeeping
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